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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-10-30
.THEREDSALLT THE GO
Suggestions by the Superinten-
dent of the Government Indian
Educational Department.
Swor dBearer's Camp-Cowboys
at Junction City-Abuse of an
Alaskan Monopoly.
INDIAN SCHOOLS.

INDIAN stHOOLS.
Practical suggestions for Their Education
From the annual report of John b.
Riley. superintendent of Indian
schools, 10 the secretary OF the interior
II appears that the aggregate expendi.
ture by the government for the educa-
tion OF Indian children during the
year was 81 ,095, $40, of which $40. .s39
was expended on account of the gov
ernment boarding schools and S30S, 29a
for the support and education Of pu-
pills at contract boarding schools,
most OF which are under control OF re-
ligious denominations rs the chic
items. The whole number of Indian
children between the ages of 6 aud II
years is 30.2sl. 0fthis number IA, 932
or about 81! per cent, attended school
some portion of the year. The pro-
portion OF children attending the
schools varies widely at different
agencies. Where schools have been
established for several years with ac-
commodations for considerable pro-
portion of the pupils the prejudice ex-
hibited by the Indians against educa-
tion has largely disappeared. A
uniform system of text books and
study and the teaching of English
only are recommended. The report
says that too much stress cannot be
laid upon the impol lance Of preparing
native teachers and to this end sug-
gests that normal school be estab-
lished at some of the larger schools
10 also suggests that the rudiments al
least should be taught the Indian chill
dren at or near their homes and that
the course Of instruction at eastern
schools be adapted to the wants OF
pupils who have shown In the reser-
walton schools special aptitude, and
further that none but graduates OF
the reservation schools be permitted to
attend eastern schools and that such
pupils be selected by the Indian
bureau upon certitication of good char.
acter and scholarship. The superin-
tendent makes the following recon-
mendations: That an industrial
boarding school be established near
the Missouri river adjacent to
the Sioux reservation; that schools
be provided for the tribes in Ne
vada; that commission be appointed
and prepared to make thorough ex.
animation of the whole subject of ed
ucation. On the whole, the report
indicates an appreciable sdvanc,
during the year in Indian education
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-10-30
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!. o. o. r.

The Grand Lodge of Montana Odd
Fellows which has just fiuished it, en-
campment at Dillon, elected the fol-
lowing officers for the ensuing year:
w. A. Means, Sheridan, Grand Mas
ter; Andrew Logan, Missouls, Deputy
Grand; ). Irwin Stone, Helena, Grand
Warden; A. J. White, Butte, re-elect-
ed, Grand Secretary;J. ]. York, Butte,
Grand Treasurer.
Grand representatives to the Sover-
eign Grand Lodge, J. Loeb of Helena,
two years; Henry McMurphy, Butte,
one year.
The next session will be held in
Butte.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-10-30
The First Lightning Rod.

If we are to believe an Austrian paper
the first lightning rod was not con-
structcd by Franklin. but by a monk Of
Seuftenherg. in Bohemia. named Prohob
Diwisch, who installed an apparatus
June Il, li5i, in the garden of the Gu
rate Of Preuditz (Morayia) The appar-
atus was composed Of pole surlnounted
by an non rod supporting twelve curved
up branches, and terminating In as many
metallic boxes, filed with iron ore ana
closed hy lockwood cover traVersed oy
twenty-scyen sharp iron points when
plunged at their base in the ore. An 'he
system was united 10 the earlh oy
large chain. The enemies Of Di~isch'
Jealous of his success at The court on VI
emma, excited the peasants OF the locality
against him. and under the prrtext that
his lightning rod was the cause Of the
great drought, they made him take down
the lightning rod which he had utilized.
for slx wears What is most curious is
The form Of this first lightning rod,
which was Of multiple points like the
one which NJ. Melsu afterward invented.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-10-30
The Alaskan Commercial Company

Mr.. Van Gasken, formerly a promi-
neut citizen Of Miles is now engaged
In trading operations in Alaska. He
has lately been making a trading trip
up the remote points Of the coast and
returns to Juneau, Alaska. with some
interesting details Of the way the
Alaska Commercial company is doing
business. The company has monopoly
Of the sealing business in that region,
but besides, trades extensively with
the Indians all over the great stretch
Of mainland and the islands. Not
content, Mr.. Van Gasken ssys, with
doing business on fair basis OF com.
petition with the few traders who
have the hardihood 10 invade that re-
mote region, the company undertakes
to supplement- its monopoly by at
tempts to starve the Indians into sell.
ing their furs 10 taem. IL any In.
dian comes to on OF their stores with
money obtained from the sale of bis
furs to other purchasers. they absolute
ly refuse to sell him any goods. As
the outside traders make but short
aud infrequent visits, the Indians have
no resource but to suffer without such
things as they are used to buying from
the traders or submit to the alternative
Of selling their furs to the company.
The Alaska Commercial company has
a more favorable situation than any
monopoly ever enjoyed. 1t is practi-
cslly free from the public eye, has on
" Indians as it constituency or rath-
er, its prey and the unlimited hsryests
of land and sea from which to derive
its profits. That the limitations which
its charter LAYS upon 1t are disregarded
there can be no reasonable doubt.
The charter will expire in 1880 and
there Is no reason to suppose IL will
be renewed. Alaska has come TO be
regarded as too valuable possession
to farm out one Of its chief industries
to a single coneerD.-Ex.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-10-30
Who wouldn't Break Out {?

Divers and sundry, especially sun.
dry; correspondents in the northwest
are sending out highly colored reports
of an Indian outbreak in the Crow
reservation. From these reports II
seems that the Crows and the Chey-
ennes have joined forces and propose
to wipe out of existence the United
States troops who are alleged to be
floundering around in a snow drift in
the Black Hills. So long az the snow
drift lasts there is no danger of blood
shed, but should it happen to melt
there il liable to be more or less gore
split up in that country; for, loaded TO
the muzze with cigarettes, the young
lieutenants and colonies of the north.
western military posts are terrible
things to face. No reason for this In-
dian outbreak has as yet been publicly
stated, but it is given out in military
circles, not necessarily for publication,
but as guarantee of good faith, that
the Crow aud Cheyenne warriors are
opposed to having the atmosphere o.
their reservations spoiled by the smoke
of doctored cigarettes used by the
young army officers stationed through.
out the northwestern territories to
protect New York, Boston, Philadel.
phia and other small settlements from
invasion and ravage by the bronze
children of nature. Ii this be the true
cause Of the outbreak, the Indian
should not be censured. Doctored
cigarettes are enough to make any.
body break out. Ii is not strange
then, in the face Of this fact, that the
Indians should get mad and take fore
ible steps toward the putting down OF
cigarette smoking on their reservation.
The most renowned and erudite ply
sicians Of the day unanimously de.
clare that cigarette smoking has a
fearfully injurious effect on mans
mental reservation. Why, then,
shouldn't it have the same effect on
the Indian reservation st. Paul
Elnhp
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-10-30

Argument began in the United
States supreme court Thu rsdsy on the
application for writ of error in the
case OF the Chicago anarchists. The
court gave each side three hours. j..
Randolph Tucker made the argument
for the anarchists and Attorney Gem
eral Hunt, of Illinois argued against
the application.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-10-30
SOCIETIES.

A. o. H.-Diyision No. meets 6rst anj second
Sundays OF esc n month.
X. Of H-Mseis irst and third Wednesdays at
1902. M, At Odd Fellows Hall.
A.F. a A. M.-lellOwstone Lodge, No. 20, FIST
and third Wednesdays.
X. A. M.-IelloSstone Chapter. No. 8, second
and fourth Saturdays.
X. T.-Damaseus Gommandery, second and
fourth Thursdays.
/. y. U. F.-Cusier Lodge, No. ls, every
Monday 81 their hall.
l. 90 F.-sentinal Eneanlpment, No, 6, hrst
and third Friday.
X OF P.-Crusader Lodge, No. T. Thursday
evenings at Odd Fellows Hall.
CK Of A.--Miles City Branch, every sunday at
X, OF L.-First and third Fridays.
R-U. 5, Grant Post, No. IA, hrst and
third Tuesdays.
10. g. 4 --StM Of the West, No. "a, every
Thursday evening
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-04-18
PARNELLlSNI.
A Letter Written by Parnell
Years AgO.

LONDON, April 1.-THE Times, as a
proof of its assertion at the conclusion
of its articles on "Parnellism and
Crime" that it has further documentary
evidence, prints fac simile letter signed
by Parnell and supposed to have been
addressed to Egan to pacify his subordi
mates when Parnell publicly denounced
the Phoenix Park murders. The letter
fills one side of an ordinary sheet OF
note paper and is in a strange hand.
writing. "Yours. very truly, Chas. S.
Parnell," in Parnell's writing, is at the
top of the. other leaf. The Times sug.
gests that the signature was SO written
SO that it could be torn off if necessary.
The letter which is dated simply 'I5, 5,
49," without an address, is as follows:
DEAR SIR-I am not surprised at your
friends anger, but he and you should
know that to denounce the murder was
the only course open to us. To do that
promptly was plainly our best policy.
But you can tell him and all others con-
cerned that while regret Lord Caven.
dish's death, cannot refuse to admit
that Burke got no more than his deserts.
You are at liberty to show him this, and
others whom you can trust also; but let
not my address be known. He can
write to the House of Commons.
The Times says: "Parnell cannot ex.
pect that simply the republication OF
this letter will have any weight with
public opinion. He must bring more
solid proofs to annul the effect of the
disclosure"
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-04-18
MINING EXCITEMENT.
More New Gold Fields to be
Opened Up.

OTTAWA, Ont, April 1.-THE Cana.
dian Governments expedition to the
Yukon country leaves here on Wednes-
day. 1t will consist Of DR.. Dawson, as
sistant of the Canadian Geological Sur
vey, two subordinate members of the
Survey staff and Dominion Land
Surveyor Ogilvie. The chief object of
the expedition is to locate and make o
preliminary survey of the gold fields in
Northern British Columbia. Strong rep.
Sesentations have come from mining
companies at Seattle, Wash. Ter,
which desire to acquire mining rights in
the district, but will not invest capi-
tai unless the Canadian government
gives them sure title. As min.
ers are reported to be rushing
into Canadian territory east of the l42d
meridian, Messrs. Dawsons and Ogilvie
have been created, by an order in the
Council, as Police Commissioners for
British Columbia in case an emergency
arises. The expedition will traverse q
part of Alaska to reach the base of op-
erations, and safe conduct permits have
been obtained from the United States
authorities.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-04-18
The horticultural Board.

The State Board of Horticulture met
Saturday morning at the Board of Trade
rooms, President Cooper in the chair
and General M. G. Vallejo, DR.. f. Kim
ball, A. s. Chapman and N. R. Peck
present. The following officers were
elected: President, Eliwood Cooper. of
Santa Barbara; Vice. President, N. r.
Peck, of Penryn, Placer county; Secre-
tary. B. M. Lelong; Treasurer, General
M. G. Vallejo; Auditor, DR.. E. Kimball;
State Inspector of Pests, W. G. Kles.
Santa Rosa was selected as the place for
holding the next State Convention in
November. The Treasurer reported re.
ceipts of $4,000 from the State and ex.
penses from November l, 1886, to March
81, 1887. of $3.50 2l, leaving balance
of $26l9.79 on hand. The Inspector of
Fruit Pests was authorized to make ex-
periments in insect destruction, and the
President was authorized to have 5000
copies of the insect remedy bulletin
printed. Ellwood Cooper, DR.. Kimball
and Mr.. Black were chosen as the Exec.
utive Committee. Bills of $50 for rent
of the pavilion at Riverside, and $24 for
labor at the convention were indefinitely
postponed, as it was the understanding
that the people of Riverside were to fur.
nish them. The Board then adjourned.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-04-18
RIVERSIDE HOSPITALITY.
A Card from L.. M. Holt Regard.
Ing II.

At meeting Of the State Board OF
Horticulture yesterday in this city, two
bills were presented which caused some
discussion, and which were indefinitely
postponed. These bills were for rent of
Pavilion at Riverside at the late Fruit
Growers Convention, $50, aud an itam
of $24 for labor at the convention. L.
M. Holt yesterday sent the following
card by telegraph to the HERALD:
RIVERSIDE. Cal, April II, 1887.
EDITOR HERALD:-I am very much
surprised at statement l see in this
mornings Times relative tt the action Of
the State Board of Horticulture regard
ing certain bills for expenses of the State
Convention at Riverside. When the
Gold Storage Excursion csme up from
Los Angeles several weeks ago Mr.. Le-
long asked me if the people Of Riverside
would like to have the State Fruit.
Growers Convention held here. !
asked him what they desired cur people
to do. He replied: ''Take hold and
help make profitable meeting, the
State Board pays all expenses, su ch as
hall rent, ETC." Our people desired to
have the convention and so expressed
themselves.
At the close of the convention Mr..
Lelorg said the Board would meet in
Los Angeles on Saturday, and he desired
the bill for rent Of hall, SO they could
act upon it. He then asked if there
was any expense for help connected with
the convention. 1 told him there was,
but our people would pay that.
LeLong replied, "No, put that in, too,
for the State pays all these bills"
If tie payment of bills had not been
assumed by Mr.. LeLong for the Board at
first, our people would have paid them
gladly, as they always have on similar
occasions. This explanation is due to
the people Of Riverside. l transacted
the entire business with Mr.. LeLong,
and the people of Riverside had nothing
to do with the case, and this is faii
statement of the facts.
L. NJ. HOLT.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-04-18

sponsible for the fault of single indi.
vidual and yet they often are in the
minds of those who do not carry out the
command of Christ. Nothing can ever
stand between any one and God. Every
person has to live for himself and it con :.
Germs him alone that he should obey
that command. Thus in reality the
wrong doing of one cannot effect him.
Christianity is not failure nor theory.
1t has changed the face Of the world
from one of misery to one of happiness.
The doctrine has spread Joy and light
over the darkness and misery
and lifted up mankind TOW ard
God. 1t is not just under
the light of the teaching of the text to
condemn all, because some members of
the parish are not good. Because one is
a hypocrite, is that reason why all
should be hypocrites? It must not be
forgotten that the Lord said the church
should always contain both the good
and the bad. There are, no doubt,
many things which no doubt try our
faith and many of US are always con.
mplating changes, but if the Lord is
content what are we that we should take
In the text the Lord does
not address us as mass, but each one
and if Christians realize
what Christ's meaning was they will try
to set an example. They will show their
faith by good deeds. A great battle is
now raging between the followers of
Christ and mis- enemies, and we should
rise above the multitude aud follow the
bearer who said. "Follow
thou me"
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-04-18
TO THE COUNCIL.
A Change Asked I'm the Svvili Or
dfnance.

The City Council meets to-day and the
attention of the City Fathers is called to
the swill and garbage ordinance which
is causing great deal of complaint at
present. The ordinance now permits
the removal of swill and garbage in GOV.
cred water-tight wagon sbeds between
the hours of 6 o'clock P. NJ. and o'clock
A. NJ. This is not proper and works a
great hardship upon people who are so
foolish as to be on the streets at dusk
without being engaged in the swill
moving business. On Sunday evening,
a short time ago, HERALD reporter
was passing along Second street little
after o'clock, and it was not near dark,
when he was forcibly assaulted by a
chunk of tainted atmosphere which
lifted him several inches from the ground
and drove all thoughts of the frugal din.
ner to which he was Fastening out of
his head. This pollution of the gentle
flower. laden evening air was caused by
man in front of the Hohenbeck res
taurant emptying barrel of foul swill
into covered wagon. There were fifty
people passing along the street at the
time and there were numerous guests
seated near the windows of the restau.
rant waiting for their dinners and they
had the full benefit of the spectacle. 1t did
not tend to enhance the appeiites of thos Q
who saw the act or got Whit of the
polluted air. This occurred in broad
daylight when the street was crowded.
Last Friday evening at forty minutes
past six o'clock covered wagon drove
up in front of the restaurant on Spring
street, Just below tho Nadeau House,
aud the stalwart driver, seizing barrel,
proceeded to empty it's contents in the
wagon and sent perfume throbbing down
ths ambient air that made the throngs
of people wonder how they could ever
have thought the peculiar scent of a
skunk was disagreeable. There is no
excuse for not changing the ordinance
SO as to allow the removal of swill only
between the hours of nine or ten o'clock
P. NJ. and six O'Clock A. M. The only
'of the ordinance as it is
now worked is that it is put up by hotel
and boarding. house keepers to destroy
the appetites of their boarders.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-04-18
CALIFORNIA FRUITS.
They Find a Good Market at the
East,


CHICAGO, April l7.-So far as is no.
ticeable the denied fruit market is quite
if not little dull. California dried fruits
were steady all round. There lately
have been fair arrivals of raisins, and
this line of fruit meets with a good sale,
the quality being very fine. Prunes,
French, and 81 cents per pound.
Peaches, halves pared, 20 and 81 cents
per pound. Figs, 6 and 8 cents per
pound. Nectarines 8 cents per pound.
Pears and IL cents per pound. Rails.
ins, London layers, 20.pound boxes, 81. 40
and 81 so per box. Raisins, loose Mus
catel, 81. 20 and 81. 80 per box. Raisins,
California layers $l.25 "a l.35 per box.
There was fair demand for choice oranges.
Common grapes and smutty oranges are
a little slow and easy. Stock at present
consists mainly of California oranges
California bright Riverside $3.50 a. 4.
California San Bernardino $3.50 a 425;
California Santa Ana So a. 3.25; Califor,
MA oranges 50 so "a 3; California Los
Angeles So SO a 1926; California Nave
oranges, according to quality, So a 8
California Duarte So a. $50; California
San Gabriel $2.7 "a 3; California Bloot
oranges, fancy S. a 7; California GULL
$500,
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-04-18
"HAPPlNESS."

Discourse of Dr. Cantine at the
Fort street M. e. Church.
DR.. Cantine chose for his subject q:
the Fort Street M. E. Church, at Armory
Hall, yesterday morning. the 18th verse
of the 18th chapter of Luke: "And
when he was come to himself he said,
how many of my fathers hired servants
have bread enough and to spare, and I
perish with hunger"
There are three questions we would
ask of every system Of religion: Q.)
What is God? (2.) What is man? (3.)
What are the relations which exist be.
tween God and man, and what are the
obligations growing out of those rela-
| tions?
Every system of religion processes to
give us some information concerning
these inquiries, and these systems are
judged by the answers made to these
inquiries. By these tests we try the re.
liglon which we profess. There is a
theory given by science concerning man.
1t does not explain satisfactorily to us
mau's exceptional unhappiness. Ia the
story of the unhappiness Of the prodigal
son you see he is sufferer; all the others
are happy. 1t is true picture of hu.
manity. Ask the representatives of hu.
manity-the poets, the philosophers, the
historians all unite in proclaiming
the unhappiness of man. How shall we
explain this condition? Does the theory
of science, does the wisdom of man
fathom the mystery.
The lower order of creation, the ami.
mails, in their natural condition are
higher order, however. the order: of crea-
tion called man, misery and sorrow
characterizes it.. Man is being of mis-.
cry. The ~n of completeness offered
by science to man is crown of thorns
Satisfy his ambition, give him rea!iza-
ton of his great desires and you. plunge
him into the greatest suffering; remorse,
pangs of conscience, shame pursues
him to ruin. The law of the survival of
the fittest in the animal kingdom we ad.
mire, but when invoked among men we
recoil and abhor those in history who
have invoked it.
The Bible theory, or history OF man, is
not one of uninterrupted progress, but
yet of progress. Man is not an animal,
but a man. the highest order
of creation, created for the glory of God.
Men differ from each other in kind. God
made man in his own image. God is
the father of the human race. Man,
then, can be happy only in his father
house. Out of the control, free from
the laws of God, man is plunged into
misery. Like the prodigal son, give
him free rein to the rich endowments
bestowed npon him and he becomes mis-.
erable.
Facts oppose the theory of the scien-
fists. The life of Christ is fact Such
a life became an example to all men, and
through him we may live the life OF
Christ. Christ proclaims that he came
to give life-not theory, but life.
We have instances of the life-giving
powers Of Christ. Men, through the
power given by Christ, rise up out OF
their misery and return to God.
Men may mock and say these are i'm
aginings But the changed life of these
men are facts, existing facts. Men tes-
tify of the saving power of Christ. The
Bible theory of the fall of man and the
plan of redemption are the only theo-
ries that harmonize with experience.